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A constitutional referendum was held in Bolivia on 25 January 2009, postponed from the initially planned dates of 4 May 2008 and then 7 December 2008.〔 〕 Drafted by the Constituent Assembly in 2007, the new constitution was approved in the referendum according to an exit poll by Ipsos Apoyo for ''La Razón'' and ATB, a Bolivian television network.〔 〕 Furthermore, it requires early elections to be held on 6 December 2009. == History == Under President Evo Morales, the Constituent Assembly was elected on 2 July 2006. The referendum should originally have taken place on 6 August 2007,〔 〕 but the Assembly's validity was extended until 14 December 2007. On 9 December 2007, the Assembly approved the draft and on 14 December, the Assembly officially handed the constitution draft over to the National Congress. The National Congress adopted the law on 28 February 2008 calling for the referendum on 4 May 2008 even though many opposition members chose to stay away during the vote. A law was also approved and signed by Morales that permitted only Congress to call departmental referendums, thereby barring the departmental referendums on autonomy that had also been called for 4 May.〔 〕 On 7 March 2008, the National Electoral Court suspended the referendum, along with the opposition's regional referendums, saying that there was not enough time for adequate electoral preparations.〔 Nonetheless, the government of Santa Cruz Department went ahead and held its autonomy referendum as planned, ignoring the Court's interdiction on all referendums. Beni Department and Pando Department held their referendums on 1 June 2008. In a decree on 28 August 2008, Morales declared that the referendum would be held on 7 December 2008.〔 *It acknowledges Bolivia as a unitary plurinational state. *It acknowledges Bolivia as a secular state (rather than a Catholic state, as in the previous constitution). *Natural resources are the exclusive dominion of the Bolivian people, administered by the state. *The number of members of the Chamber of Deputies is reduced, while the number of senators is increased; the members of the National Congress will be elected by first past the post voting in the future, in a change from the previous mixed member proportional system. *A mixed economy will be established; in a separate question within the referendum, voters decided to allow private land possession up to 5,000 hectares (12,400 acres). *Local autonomies and decentralisation will be reformed. *Elections to all public bodies are to be held, and all previous terms will not be considered for term limits; additionally, the President will be allowed to be reelected once, thus allowing Evo Morales two more terms if he decides to pursue this route. Furthermore, if no candidate gains more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, there will be a second round; up to now, the National Congress decided who would become President in such a case. *It introduces the possibility of recall elections for all elected officials. *The judiciary is reformed, and judges will be elected in the future and no longer appointed by the National Congress. *Sucre will be acknowledged as Bolivia's capital, but the institutions will remain where they are (executive and legislative in La Paz, judiciary in Sucre). The electoral authorities, which will become a fourth constitutional power, will be situated in Sucre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bolivian constitutional referendum, 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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